I think about the graphics work I tried to do with shapes and sprites and assorted kinds of vectors over the years, and then watch this keynote. Even with the glitches and coming improvements she notes, it’s clear that whatever tools I was using at the time, they weren’t declarative enough. (I’d also just seen this JSFest talk on CSS box-shadow by Vince Allen, so I was looking forward to more CSS graphics magic.)

Some of my favorite moments include:

“He looks like a character out of a children’s book because pretty much every developer doesn’t think he’s cool. I’m here to prove you wrong.” [at 0:12]